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P L A T E CCCLXVII.
A N A G A L L I S GRANDIFLORA.
Great^fìo'isoered Pi m p e r n e l .
C L A S S V. O R D E R J.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CAPSULA. 1-locularis^ clrcumscissa. Corolla
rotata. Stamina hirsuta. Stigma capita
turn.
C A P S U L E one-celled, cut round,
wheel-shaped. Chives hairy,
headed.
Corolla
Summit
A N A G A L L I S , foKis
acuminatis.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
ternatis cordato-ovatis A N A G A L L I S , with leaves in tlirees heart-eggshaped
araminated.
D E S C R I P T I O . Radix annua. Rami elongati, effusi, procumbentes, angulati, superne simplices.
Folia ternatim verticillata, remota, elliptica, acuminata, amplexicaulia, utrinque 3—5-lineata. Pedunciili
ternatim verticillati, axillares, filiformes, primo patuli, demum saspe recurvi, foliis duplo
longiores. Calyx 4- rarius 5- phyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis, carinatis, marginibus membranaceis.
Corolla 5-rarius 4-pétala, petalis basi confluentibus, patulis, orbiculatis, coccineis, basi
intus nigris. Filamenta 5 hirsuta, ab'o-purpurascentia, petalis multo breviora. Germen pallidum.
Stylus pergracilis purpureus antheras lúteas superans. Stigma simplex, capitulatura, viride.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A peduncle and cahoc.
2. The corolla spread open.
3. The seed-bud and pointal, and summit magnified.
T H I S new and elegant species of Anagallls, tlie largest and most showy of that genus hitherto discovered,
was introduced into England, we believe, in the last year; but by whom, or from what country, we have
not yet satisfactorily ascertained. It is reported to be of African origin, and'to have come to England
from the Paris garden. Our figure was made from a plant trained up near three feet high, in Lady
De Clifford's collection at Paddington, where it is treated as a green-house plant. We have not yet
seen it produce good seeds, although apparently an annual plant; but it is easily increased by cuttings
in the usual way. In every thing except size, and in having more entire petals, it very much resembles
Anagallis arvensis; a plant truly remarkable for being tlie only one indigenous to Britain (the Poppies
excepted) with scarlet flowers.
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